Sympathetic (& Single) High Priest
Jesus says in Matthew 19:12, "[For] there are Eunuchs who made themselves Eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven."
Perhaps He was referring to Himself.
If so, those who are single and lonely for purity/kingdom sake have a high priest who can relate to their loneliness.
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I like that thought. Here's a few more:
“But having now spent more than forty-one years single, I have learned that it is indeed a gift. Not one that I would choose. Not one many women [or men] would choose. But we do not choose gifts, remember? We are given them by a divine giver who knows the end from the beginning, and wants above all else to give us the gift of Himself. It is within the sphere of the circumstances He chooses for us – single, married, widowed – that we receive Him. It is there an no where else that He makes Himself known to us. It is there we are allowed to serve Him.” – Elisabeth Elliot (from Let Me Be a Woman p. 34-35)
“Chastity is not in our power, as little as are God’s other wonders and graces.” – Luther
“Let not our longing slay the appetite of our living.” – Jim Elliot
are we ever truly alone, though, Joe? We may experience feelings of loneliness, but the Holy Spirit indwells us, therefore, we are never truly "alone".
There will always be a void in our hearts that only Jesus can fill...married or single.
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